Beginning in Advent, Detroit’s Catholic TV station will air content from Boston-based CatholicTV instead of EWTN Detroit — CTND, the Archdiocese of Detroit’s Catholic cable TV channel will switch its network affiliation as of Nov. 27, the first Sunday of Advent. The cable channel will then begin carrying the programming of CatholicTV, the television service…
Monthly Archives: November 2011
Local News, Together In Faith
TIF recommendations to be released
by Robert Delaney •
Detroit— The people of the Archdiocese of Detroit will not have to wait until the archdiocesan pastoral plan is announced early next year to see the recommendations concerning changes in the archdiocese. The proposals coming out of Phase II of the Together in Faith planning process, along with the recommendations of the Archdiocesan Pastoral Council…
Local News
SSVdP urges support for heating assistance
by Robert Delaney •
Detroit — The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is asking people to contact their state legislators to urge support for legislation that will restore heating assisting grants for low-income Michigan residents. “The problem is: it is getting colder and many families and children have no heat. We need the Legislature to take action to…
Local News
St. Charles Borromeo, Detroit, marks 125th
by Robert Delaney •
Detroit – Current members of St. Charles Borromeo Parish were joined by many former members — quite a few of whom had graduated from its former grade school or high school – to celebrate the parish’s 125th anniversary Nov. 6. The schools may be closed, but the church still stands at the corner of Baldwin…
Local News
Final Mass at IHM Center set for Dec. 11
by Robert Delaney •
Detroit – A final Mass will be celebrated Sunday, Dec. 11, at the IHM Center of Corpus Christi Parish, before the former Immaculate Heart of Mary Church and its school building are sold. Auxiliary Bishop Donald Hanchon wil be principal celebrant for the 9 a.m. final Mass, with several former pastors of the former Immaculate…
Local News
Archdiocese ‘evaluating options’ for former retreat center
by Robert Delaney •
Detroit — As part of its ongoing efforts to solidify its financial situation, the Archdiocese of Detroit is “evaluating options to repurpose” the former Retreat Center at St. John’s in Plymouth Township. In one of his series of Sharing the Light updates, posted Tuesday on the archdiocesan website, Archbishop Allen Vigneron reported on the situation…
